Three inmates charged with prison murder of Whitey Bulger

3 A man was arrested on Thursday in the 2018 assault death of fellow inmate, notorious Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger. has been indicted, the Justice Department said in a release Thursday. Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 55, Paul "Pauly", J. DeCologero, 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were all charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.  

According to the Department of Justice, Geass, de Cologero, and McKinnon, when they allegedly killed Bulger in October 2018, were sent to West Hazel United States Penitentiary in Bruceton, Va. He Mills. I was a prisoner of ton.

Geass and De Cologero are accused of striking Bulger in the head multiple times, injuring him and causing him to die. He was 89 years old. 

In addition to conspiracy charges, Geass and De Cologero are also charged with first degree murder and aiding assault. seriously injured. Geass was also charged with murder by a federal inmate serving a life sentence. McKinnon has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

Bulger was famous as a Boston mob boss and he was one of America's most wanted criminals. In 2013, he was convicted of 11 counts of murder and other crimes, followed by two consecutive life sentences, according to the Associated Press. 

During that time, he also served as an informant for the FBI. Many believe it led to his death in prison. Law enforcement sources said on "CBS Morning" in 2018 that Bulger's eyes were nearly gouged out by the attack. 

After his death, his family sued the Federal Prison Service for failing to protect him from the men, according to the Associated Press. 

"He was sentenced to life in prison, but that sentence was changed to the death penalty as a result of a decision by the Federal Bureau of Prisons," Bulger's lawyer previously said . 107}.

Geass remains in Hazleton Prison and De Cologero is in federal prison. McKinnon, who had been released under supervision, was arrested Thursday in Florida, the Department of Justice said. }